PHOTOS: Rush Limbaugh through the years
Limbaugh died Wednesday after cancer battle, wife announces
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rush Limbaugh in his studio during his radio show. (mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images, FIle)
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh preparing for his program at KSEV in Houston. (Shepard Sherbell/CORBIS SABA/Corbis via Getty Images, File)
Limbaugh making remarks at the National Association of Broadcasters in Philadelphia, in October 2000. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images, File)
Limbaugh at San Jose Civic Auditorium in February 2005. (John Medina/WireImage, File)
Limbaugh speaking in San Jose, Calif, in 2005. (John Medina/WireImage, File)
Rush Limbaugh speaking during a news conference in Las Vegas in 2010. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images, File)
Limbaugh looking on from the sideline before a game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, in 2012. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images, File)
Limbaugh before the State of the Union address in February 2020. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images, File)
First lady Melania Trump awarding Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, File)